JohnLex7

There are two little leagues in Lexington, Gardenside and Eastern. As you said, there are three Cal Ripken leagues, Northern, Southeastern and South Lexington and there are VERY defined boundaries. The kids on that team all lived in a fairly concentrated area, I think they all could have walked or ridden a bike to Shillito Park easily. There are also three Babe Ruth leagues in Lexington, and 6 players from one of those leagues were playing for the East in the East/West All-Star game on Sunday.

The Cal Ripken team from Lexington has done pretty well for themselves. Of the 15 boys on that team, 11 of them were playing HS baseball in Lexington this year. Of those 11, 7 have won a state championship and 3 have a runner-up medal. There are 9 that are seniors this year, 4 of them signed early for D1 schools, (that were announced) and others might be going and just not announced. 6 of those seniors will be playing tomorrow in the Senior East-West Game. All in all, a very good team.

CCHS Dad...I have no problem with the throw to the SS in a 1st and 3d situation to catch the runner at 3d. That's a standard play and doesn't rely on infielders yelling at the runners, it's just a matter of catching a runner sleeping. However, this is a play solely designed to get a runner at first to think that the ball was popped up and freeze or run back to the bag by having the infielders yell that it is a pop fly. Like I said, before, bush league at any level.

Did it display arrogance or a realistic decision from a coach? If you know your ace is going to only throw one game, and you have two left, which do you start your ace against? A team that entered the playoffs with a losing record, or a team that has been ranked #2 in the state the whole year? To be sure, Dunbar saved their ace and it almost cost them, although the kid who did pitch wasn't their #2, he was their #3 or #4, and held Apollo to 2 runs, so it's hard to complain about that.

When Dunbar played Lexington Catholic at Catholic, the JV players dressed and sat on top of the dugout. I was surprised that the umpire didn't make them move (there were 4 there for that game, by the way). The chanting and stuff goes on from the dugout every single game.

Regardless of whether it is legal or illegal at whatever level, plays like that are one thing.....bush league. What you are telling your kids when you resort to plays like that is "we can't beat the other team straight up." That's the reason you won't see that kind of stuff when you watch the CWS or MLB this week.

Well, it's not going to be a run-rule game, which is good, I would hate to see Shelby go out that way.

Looks like we're on our way to that with the score 9-0 Dunbar in the 3rd. Has it ever happened before?

Given that it's 8-0 Dunbar in the 3rd, the answer to that would be....no.

Dunbar did not play their best, but they came through at the end of the game...it's going to take Cinderella to stop them tomorrow, and I think SC might have run out of help from the fairy godmother after tonight's game, since Dunbar's ace is ready to go.

Final, Dunbar wins in 6. Lucchese pitches a no hitter, Johnson Central makes 7 errors.

At the end of 2, it's Dunbar 5 - Johnson 0....another error, a passed ball, 3 hits, and Dunbar is cementing a lead. They play very well when ahead, so it's going to be an uphill battle for Johnson Central.

2 HBP, a walk and two errors, all after two outs, and Dunbar has the lead.

PD....chaz has had some strange outings this year, there was a streak of 3 games in May where he gave up 1 hit over 6 innings, 3 hits over 8, 2 hits over 7, only one earned run in all three of those games, and his record in those 3 games was 1-1. He's still figuring it out, I'm sure!

Nah, you aren't inept, I just had an advantage...I got to see him pitch from the time he was 11 until he graduated from HS.